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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Image Entertainment EAN: 0014381494327 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Item Dimensions: Label: THINKFILM Languages: Manufacturer: THINKFILM MPN: TF4943DVD Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: THINKFILM Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2008 Running Time: 77 minutes Studio: THINKFILM Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: "My name is Tracey Berkowitz... 15... just a normal girl who hates herself."Oscar®-nominated* Ellen Page (Juno) delivers an extraordinary performance as a feisty independent-minded teenager with a unique view of the world. From cutting-edge director Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo Roadkill) The Tracey Fragments tells the story of an outsider who uses fantasy to help her deal with a secret crush loneliness and frustration. When her 7-year-old brother wanders away while under her care she examines her life as she is propelled on a late-night journey through the city in a desperate attempt to find him.System Requirements:Running Time: 77 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/COMING OF AGE UPC: 014381494327 Manufacturer No: TF4943DVD Amazon.com: Teen angst is amped up by a nuanced performance by a pre-Juno Ellen Page in The Tracey Fragments. "Look, the other day, something happened. I came to certain realizations," says Tracey Berkowitz, played with deadpan heartbreak by Page, huddled on a late-night bus near the beginning of the film. "I can't tell you what or you'll end up like me, on this bus, looking for someone." The scene signals a rocky ride, and the film--a portrait of an outcast Canadian teen struggling with bullies, clueless parents, unrequited love, and her place in the world--is wrenching and challenging. Director Bruce McDonald has taken the "fragments" of the title literally, and so the film is presented in several simultaneous screen shots at a time; rarely in its duration is there simply one scene to watch, as though all the different facets of Tracey are playing out at once. Which, of course, they are. Tracey is hassled at school, dismissed as an "it" for being flat-chested, and treated as invisible by her parents and even her therapist. Only when something dire happens may have been her responsibility does the rest of the world turn its judgmental focus on her. Tracey begins a quest to leave her old life behind and try to redeem herself--find and honor who she really is--in the process. And the film somewhat brutally takes the reader along for the ride. "How do you know what's real and not real when the whole world is inside your head?" Tracey muses on one of the buses she takes into the night. It's as perfect, and painful, a depiction of adolescence as any film in recent memory. --A.T. Hurley Average Rating:
 Rating:  - What a WASTE of Ellen Page's talent and presence!This movie was almost impossible to watch. The already mentioned "multiple split screens", which sometimes numbered around a DOZEN(!!!) make watching this teen angst drama like watching it in numerous rectangular pieces of broken mirror, each with a slightly different time code. ... Ugh! Ellen Page was great in Juno, and she's at least as good here as the material will allow her to be. However, unless you are on LSD when you watch this movie, the format is likely to REALLY annoy and ... Read More Rating: - Ellen, what were you thinking?Way too confusing a film. Stories of teen angst should not be so deep. Not one single frame shot in the whole film. Too much to follow. Excellent performance by Page as always but it was the wrong choice to do this film. Rating:  - Ellen Page at her finestThis is one of Ellen Page's best performances. If you loved her in any movie, then you should definitely see this one! The truth she brings to the struggle of her character, along with the innovative techniques used to tell the story, make for a performance that leaves you speechless. This movie is like nothing you have seen before. Rating:  - 'A' For EffortBruce McDonald definitely gets an 'A' for effort with this one. Though the split screens used throughout The Tracey Fragments can be disorienting, and appear a bit amateur at times, they achieve the desired effect of making the audience feel as though they are viewing the world through the eyes of a discernibly unbalanced 15 year old girl. After trying and only partially succeeding to appreciate this as an art film, I fell in love with it as a tragic comedy. This film wasn't really ... Read More Rating: - I blame Ang Lee...A few years ago, I saw a movie called "Hulk". You probably remember this movie, even if you don't particularly want to. It was Ang Lee's unbelievably awful attempt at a superhero movie, and chief among its many faults was the excruciating overuse of split screens. Having been subjected to that abomination of a film, I have now reached the point where the very sight of a split screen is enough to make me feel as though I'm about to turn into the hulk myself. I mean, it really just makes my blood ... Read More |
